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'''The Covenant''' was dominated by two centric alien species, the [[Elites]] and the [[Prophets]], the Prophets being the leaders. The name "Covenant" was taken from the binding pact that forged the peace between the Elites and the Prophets. Their war, which had devastated their respective races for years, was fought over the few remaining [[Forerunner]] artifacts on their home worlds, with the Elites wishing to preserve them, and the Prophets wishing to use the artifacts to explore the galaxy. The Elites held a distinct strategic upper hand, as their fighter society was ready for a war, but the Prophets had one massive advantage; an immensely powerful Forerunner construct known as the Dreadnought. After the Prophets decided to use the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] against the Elites, the Prophets destroyed the Sangheili forces, while the wise and prudent Elite Commanders, realizing their peril, laid their arms aside and likewise cast their hatred away from the war. When the Prophets found evidence of the Forerunners and their [[The Great Journey|"Great Journey"]], hoping to create a peace between them, told the Elites of their discovery and promised to find the means of the Forerunners' transcendence. The Prophets would share this knowledge with the Elites who in turn would protect the Prophets as they searched for transcendent Forerunner artifacts to activate all the [[Halo Array|Halo Installations]].  These ideas would be put into the Covenant's founding document the [[Writ of Union]].

At first, the Covenant were mostly, a loose non-aggression pact of two races held together by a common need to avoid mutually assured destruction<ref name="best"/>; but, as their society advanced, so did their technology, culture, and religion. By the [[2552|time]] of the [[Halo Series|Halo games]], the Covenant control a large part of the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way galaxy]]. Their society had evolved into a complicated caste system, with the Prophets governing the Covenant, and the Elites left in charge of the military. The Covenant was a theocracy, based on prophecies about the Sacred rings and The Great Journey. The primary belief of the Covenant was that the Halos will allow them passage into the "Divine Beyond", where they might join the [[Forerunners]] as gods, the unholy would be left behind to die by the power of the [[Halo]] rings.